maker marked “L/16” for Steinhauer & Lück
that he was "mechanically inclined & willing to learn" and that he was "eager" to follow his father's example and serve his country
(Flugzeugführerabzeichen des Deutscher Luftsportverband)
Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink
both unmarked and measuring 36 mm (w) x 120 mm (l)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, by Schwerin certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “L/16” for Steinhauer(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked SCHWERIN, BERLIN 68, measuring 48. 29 mm (w) x 38. 92 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams, a